H Erdem Cipa: 1 book

Book cover of The Making of Selim

The Making of Selim

Succession, Legitimacy, and Memory in the Early Modern Ottoman World

by H. Erdem Cipa
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017

The father of the legendary Ottoman sultan Suleyman the Magnificent, Selim I ("The Grim") set the stage for centuries of Ottoman supremacy by doubling the size of the empire. Conquering Eastern Anatolia, Syria, and Egypt, Selim promoted a politicized Sunni Ottoman* identity against the Shiite Safavids...
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